Overall winning photographs achieve the highest scores from all three categories - edibility, originality, and aesthetics.

One of last month’s Easter treats were these buttery Saffron Brioche. I loved the photo series for the recipe. My aim was to use the natural light to highlight the golden yellow of the saffron brioche. My post was about Spring and its arrival. The yellows of the nature around me inspired me for the photos.

About this photo

StylingAs I mentioned above lighting was to play a major role to highlight not only the yellows but also to mirror the writing on my blog post. On brown wooden parquet I placed an old piece of distressed wooden board, which is fairly thick and builds height. Behind it one can see a vase with yellow narcissus flowers. The background is a piece of brown card. Yellows, beige and browns were the main colors playing off the colors I saw outside. Keeping it simple I presented the brioche in the baking tins not only do they look good but I was liking that they were also reflecting light.

PhotoI wanted to focus on the one brioche in the front, give the feel that it was ready for the first bite. Playing with the DoF I chose F/4.5 (f-stop value) to focus on the brioche in the front, blurring the rest behind. Shutter speed was set to 1/250 sec. and ISO at 400.

The light comes in from the right of the photo and I used a bounce on the left to light up the dark patches on the left. In the front I use a large mirror to bounce light from the window onto the brioche in the front.

I’d like to thank the judges for their hard work, having judged a DMBLGIT previously I know it’s a difficult task. I am chuffed about this one and glad to have a new turquoise badge to add to the others. I also want to thank Julia for hosting this round!

Congrats Meeta! It was a real pleasure (and a difficult job too) to be one of the judges of April DMBLGIT. We had a lot of good photos... but this time you're the winner and I'm very happy for you! Your brioche photo is beautiful...

Congragulation, from my point they should give you every month a prize for Good looking blog as i always love all your pics. If i was living in the same town i would pay you for giving me lessons for taking pictures, especially all the tricks you do.

bravo !! your food styling and photography are simply superior, well deserved. and great idea to share with us a few tricks of the trade. really interesting to see how you decided to set up the shot, and very helpful to learn how you actually executed it. thank you for that. and again, congrats ! :)

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Hello, I am Meeta a freelance food photographer, stylist and writer living in the cuturally rich city of Weimar, Germany with my husband and our son, where I enjoy preparing multi-cultural home cooked meals with fresh organic ingredients. What's for lunch, Honey? is my award winning food blog where I combine my love for food with my love for photography and styling...